IISEPS News, N 2 (12), 1999 Content: Preface Building an Information and Analytical Infrastructure for Private Enterprise: Dr. L. Zaiko, NCSI “East-West” The Role of Social and Economic Analysis in the Development of Private Business Dr. T. Bykova, BUEL The Increase of Influence of the BUEL on Public Opinion and Economic Policy Through Informational and …
Monthly Archive: June 1999
NATIONAL POLL 06’99
| 1. Title of the study: | “Building an information and analitical infrastructure for private enterprise in Belarus” |
| 2. Topics of thematic coverage: | political, social and economic factors of development of analytical and information infrastructure for private enterprise |
| 3. The aim: | to reveal the most important facilitators and obstacles to building an information and analitical infrastructure for private enterprise |
| 4. Descriptors: | market, socio-economic positions and attitudes, electoral behavior, socio-political positions and attitudes, attitudes toward private enterprise, rule of law, legal applicable practice |
| 5. Comparability: | most important questions were replicated |
| 6. Geographical area: | Belarus-national |
| 7. Principal investigator: | IISEPS |
| 8. Polling organization: | IISEPS, P.O.B. 219, Minsk, 220030, Belarus, e-mail: iiseps@iiseps.org |
| 9. Fieldwork dates: | 1999, June |
| 10. Population sampled: | 18+ years old residents of Belarus who are not currently in hospital, jail, military service |
| 11. Sampling: | clustered random |
| 12. Sample size: | 1666 respondents |
| 13. Mode of interviews: | face-to-face interview |
| 14. Interviewers: | part-time and university students |
| 15. Control: | selective control of interviewers |
| 16. Related publications: | 45 publications in mass media |
| 17. Availability of the original data sets: | contact with IISEPS |
| 18. Source of information: | IISEPS |
YOUTH’99: AN ESSAY ON A NEWSPAPER PAGE
The current IISEPS project on the role and participation of the young generation in the formation of civil society in Belarus includes, in addition to other research methods, the content analysis of the youth press. The goal of the content analysis was to figure out the public opinion on the young generation’s social potential.
WHOM DO THOSE TRUST WHO DO NOT TRUST THE PRESIDENT?
The existence of state institutes and the state itself largely depends upon such a seemingly ephemeral concept as trust. Legitimacy, which is currently a subject of heavy discussion in Belarusian society, means no more than the recognition of authorities or, basically, trust in authorities. This report attempts to find out how the attitude toward one state institute, the president, influences all existing state institutions. We are particularly interested if this influence is characteristic of young people.